"wait a minute," he countered "if you're so good, why haven't you got a job?some people say well, wait a minute: it wasn't just young people who voted for him

wait and see!¡espera, ya verás!

I waited till two o'clockesperé hasta las dos

wait till you're askedespera a que te inviten

let's wait till until we've talked to Miles, then decidehe waited till until Mary had gone out before opening the letterI've waited till until now to ask you because ...just you wait until till you're a mother; you'll see!

the prison breakout was a disaster waiting to happenthe central government hasn't had any money to spend on any sewage system or clean water system, and so the cholera epidemic was a disaster waiting to happenhe's a timebomb waiting to go off

Frustrated, we waited our turnyou'll just have to wait your turn. you'll get promotion eventuallya queue of women waiting their turn to get into the toiletshe was waiting his chance to slide in behind the wheel and take over

2(delay)[+dinner, lunch etc]

don't wait dinner for meno me esperen para cenar

3(serve)

to wait table(US)servir a la mesa;atender la mesa

noun

espera (f)

it was a long wait for the trainfue una larga espera hasta la llegada del tren

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